The “Back-to-School” season is upon us and after a well-deserved and much needed summer recharge, I’m ready to be back. This post will be filled with random things that hopefully will be helpful for some fresh ideas for the start of school. Idea #1 “Who is Your Counselor” Coloring Booklet Just print this out back Read More …
Erin’s Law requires that all public schools in each participating state to implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program. 38 states have passed this law that requires students in preK – 12th grade to be taught age-appropriate techniques to recognize child sexual abuse and tell a trusted adult. All districts have different curricula they use, but Read More …
Bilingual Buddies is a peer mentoring program I started at my school to help our ESOL students who enter school speaking limited or no English. I know you have these students too, and it has to be a scary experience for these little ones. This program was born to increase their level of comfort and Read More …
As you know, we need to pull out ALL of the student engagement tricks. Turn it up a notch by using songs in your lessons or brain breaks? Freeze dance, follow the leader, & sing and dance with them (even if you are tone deaf… like me). Here is a list I know that I Read More …
If you don’t do lessons with Penelope Rex, you should. Thank you Ryan T. Higgins for creating these books! They are just perfect for teaching social emotional lessons with kids, and they’re SO MUCH FUN. Last year in kindergarten we read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (practicing social skills) and this year those same kiddos Read More …
Affordable resources to amp up our counseling program. Read More …
This year we amped up our Kindness Week. Thank you to social media and those creative people I stole from! Here is the overview that we gave to teachers this year. Secret Missions: This was the fan favorite addition. Only teachers who wanted to do it, signed up to participate. We had about 15 classes Read More …
Need some resources for teaching mindfulness for your student? Want some ideas to encourage self-care for your staff? Below are some resources! There are lesson ideas and video clips listed that I hope will be useful. Shout out to the counselors of Irving, TX who I’ll be joining in a few weeks to do a Read More …
I realize that although I use this space to share with others, I also use it as a digital portfolio of sorts. There are times when I can’t find a lesson, but I know it’s on my blog, so I search here. So, I’ll use this post as a way to share with you (and Read More …
I created a new lesson for my first one of the year. I did this lesson with 3rd grade, but I’d say you can adapt K-5. This is a great lesson for inclusion, fitting in, class dynamics, teamwork, and being true to yourself. Could be used for start of year, end of year… or anytime Read More …
